After this fourth encounter, there was a considerable pause; nor did it appear that any one was very desirous of renewing the contest The spectators murmured among themselves; for, among the challengers, Malvoisin and Front-de-B uf were unpopular from their characters, and the others, except Grantmesnil, were disliked as strangers and foreigners.
Few augured the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courage and gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators.
His experience had been to live always close by the sea; humans he had always
encountered close by the sea; and down-hill had invariably led to the sea.
I was learning more and more seamanship; and one clear day--a thing we rarely
encountered now--I had the satisfaction of running and handling the Ghost and picking up the boats myself.
This
encounter, together with my set-to with the Martian warrior on the previous day and my feats of jumping placed me upon a high pinnacle in their regard.
We had battled out many a long watch together, beguiling the weary hours with chat, song, and story, mingled with a good many imprecations upon the hard destiny it seemed our common fortune to
encounter.
I did not feel the same repugnance towards this creature which I had experienced in my
encounters with the other Beast Men.
From the safety of his perch Tarzan watched the royal battle with the keenest interest, for the more intelligent of the jungle folk are interested in such
encounters. They are to them what the racetrack and the prize ring, the theater and the movies are to us.
I
encountered a couple of hungry-looking dogs, but both hurried circuitously away from the advances I made them.
His dress and manner showed plainly that I had not
encountered this time a person in the lower ranks of life.
The person whom the traveller had so abruptly
encountered was of this kind: bluff, hale, hearty, and in a green old age: at peace with himself, and evidently disposed to be so with all the world.
True, running away from Queen Anne, he had later
encountered them on the Yukon and cultivated an acquaintance with them--the pioneer ones who crossed the passes on the trail of the men who had opened up the first diggings.
